Friday, July 16, 2010

Buttons to Buzz With


I wonder about those wet red strokes of paint or nail varnish. Maybe they mean nothing, applied by some passing idler who does not even live in the building. Maybe they are a warning, an invitation, a declaration. And if (instead) ornament is intended, which kind of ornament? That kind of ornament that thinks matching red lines will brighten up the two top buttons, creating a pattern of vertical stripes? Or did somebody want to suggest the face of a cat? Things that have no meaning at all are easier to digest than things that have small meanings.